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Larry Johnson blasts notion that Arrowhead Stadium is a playoff jinx (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=319914)

Larry Johnson blasts notion that Arrowhead Stadium is a playoff jinx

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/sp...223624380.html

Bless you, Larry.

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The No Punt Game. The Forward Progress Game. The Lin Elliott Game.

Like episodes in a sad television series, Chiefs fans have named each of the team’s home playoff losses from the last two decades.

Arrowhead Stadium may be the loudest place in the world, but the Chiefs have lost six consecutive playoff games at home. The last win came on Jan. 8, 1994.

That’s why Kyle Brandt of “Good Morning Football” on the NFL Network called Arrowhead a joke.

“People are laughing at Arrowhead Stadium right now,” Brandt said. “Barbecue this and tailgate that, every January they show up and lose, and I don’t like it. I want to see them do something about it. I want them to be home, I want them to get the demons out...”

Brandt was talking about how important it was for the Chiefs to get home-field advantage in the playoffs, but he certainly didn’t have good things to say about Arrowhead.

And that didn’t sit well with former Chiefs running back Larry Johnson. He was tagged on a tweet that included the clip of Brandt, and Johnson didn’t mince words in response.

Johnson tweeted: “One has nothing to do with the other. I have never seen LOT D be blamed for losing playoff games. The blame lies within the organization, coaches and players. ARROWHEAD sets the tone! PLAYERS! HAVE TO ANSWER!”

Here is that tweet, which includes Brandt’s comments:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Before I say shut your dumb ass up. One has nothing to do with the other. I have never seen LOT D be blamed for losing playoff games. The blame lies within the organization, coaches and players. ARROWHEAD sets the tone! PLAYERS! HAVE TO ANSWER!📞 <a href="https://t.co/Xyi6aWv5Bc">pic.twitter.com/Xyi6aWv5Bc</a></p>— Larry Johnson (@2LarryJohnson7) <a href="https://twitter.com/2LarryJohnson7/status/1078287617899286528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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A fan asked Johnson is the fan noise really made a difference for players and he wrote: “’Energy can neither be created or destroyed; energy can only be transferred or changed from one party to another.’ - To answer your question YES.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Energy can neither be created or destroyed; energy can only be transferred or changed from one party to another.” - To answer your question YES. <br><br>What else would explain this: <a href="https://t.co/Atkx2oBJpl">pic.twitter.com/Atkx2oBJpl</a></p>— Larry Johnson (@2LarryJohnson7) <a href="https://twitter.com/2LarryJohnson7/status/1078291878649516032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Larry paid a penalty for waving that flag, good thing he's getting some use out of it.

I'm glad he is trying to be a decent human and all but I wish he would stop riding the coattails of the Chiefs recent success to re-gain exposure.

He is easily one of my least favorite Chiefs of all time.

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Originally Posted by MephistophelesJanx (Post 13990549)

I'm gonna disagree. Larry is actually growing on me here. He keeps coming up with lucid trains of thought, thoughts I tend to agree with. On top of that they seem to have loyalty to the Chiefs organization and especially the fans.

I always liked him. He just was an asshole. When he was running hard that was something to watch

Loved how Larry ran back in the day. Now a days I seem to enjoy hearing him talk.
Glad to see Larry became a good dude.

I appreciate Larry being a Chiefs homer commentator, but at the same time I don't.

Edit: he's our age. He knocked my friend out cold in high school on a punt return bahaha.

**** him! I'm not sorry if he didn't wear the diper for so long and then play one meaningful season to get a contract then burn out i will not sing his praises. Cakn panta freak of ****ing nature.

There was a two year period when that man ran with hate in his heart. And we loved it.

Larry is right though, it’s not the stadium. The playoff woes of the franchise falls at the feet of the front office, coaching, and the players.

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Originally Posted by Warpaint69 (Post 13990603)

Larry is right though, it’s not the stadium. The playoff woes of the franchise falls at the feet of the front office, coaching, and the players.

And most specifically, the organization’s constant decision to never draft and build around a QB.

As usual, Larry is right. The only Chiefs player that I know of to be purposely held back to ensure he didn't beast into the franchise's record books, after being sat for far too long on the front end of his career by another unbalanced (in terms of O and D) Chiefs coach. Yet Larry's still being the bigger and better person. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...44e610a81f.jpg

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It’s called “the curse of Marty”.